A robust maximin approach for MIMO communications with imperfect channel state information based on convex optimization

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 346-360

  Pascual Iserte, Antonio ^a   Pérez Palomar, Daniel ^b   Pérez Neira, Ana I ^a   Lagunas, Miguel Ángel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Beamforming; Convex optimization theory; Maximum optimization problems; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems; Saddle point; Space time coding; Worst case robust designs

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BLOCK CODES; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL ENCODING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BEAMFORMING; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION THEORY; IMPERFECT CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION; MAXIMUM OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) SYSTEMS; SPACE TIME CODING; WORST-CASE ROBUST DESIGNS;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 30344443099     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2005.861084     Document Type: Article

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